Edelbrock tuning issues

My friend has a fury with a stock 318 and he's cuicker than me with the little valiant
But has the car ever ran better ? If it ran better before installing carb then it is probably the carb .
If the car is new to you and had that carb on it already my guess is timing issue or cam not installed properly or weak compression .
Cam and ignition timing has a huge effect on power .